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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom recorded 19,724 new covid-19 infections, 14% more than the previous day and 137 deaths in the last 24 hours, announced the British Ministry of Health.
As of Tuesday, 143 deaths and 17,234 new cases had been reported.
The cumulative total since the start of the covid-19 pandemic in the UK is now 654,644 confirmed infection cases and 43,155 deaths recorded within 28 days after victims received a positive test.
Today, a new system of three risk levels according to the value of covid-19 infections came into force in England, with the Liverpool area in the northwest being the only one that is located in the highest degree.
Most of England is at the lowest end of this scale, which, however, implies the prohibition of meetings with more than six people and the compulsory closure of bars and restaurants at 10 p.m., while the second level prevents socialization. between people who are not part of the same household.
The higher level of alert also forces the closure of ‘pubs’ and bars that do not serve meals and recommends people not to enter or leave these areas with greater restrictions, although schools and universities remain open.
England’s health officials will meet today to decide whether other areas of northern England, such as Manchester or Lancashire, should enter the third level of restrictions.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson described this as a “common sense regional approach” that aims to “try to avoid the misery of a new national lockdown” and keep schools open and the economy running.
But the leader of the main opposition Labor party, Keir Starmer, favored a two- to three-week national seclusion suggested by a group of government scientific advisers.
“After reading and analyzing SAGE’s recommendations, I actually concluded that a temporary confinement [‘circuit breaker’] it is in the national interest, ”Starmer said today in parliament.
Northern Ireland today announced a temporary lockdown, including closing schools for two weeks starting Monday, while as of Friday, bars and restaurants will only be able to serve outdoors.
In Scotland, bars and restaurants in the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas will be closed until October 25, and the head of the Welsh self-government, Mark Drakeford, said today that he is seriously considering “temporary lockdown”.
Drakeford also wants to prevent people from risky areas in England from traveling to Wales.
Spain
Spain today registered 11,970 new cases of covid-19, bringing the total number of infected in the country to 908,056, of which 100,000 in the last 10 days, according to figures released by the Spanish Ministry of Health.
On the other hand, the authorities recorded another 209 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of deaths to 33,413.
1,422 people have been admitted to hospitals with the disease in the last 24 hours, of which 308 in Madrid, 217 in Catalonia and 196 in Andalusia.
Throughout the country there are 11,671 people hospitalized for the disease, of which 1,652 are patients in intensive care units.
The region of Catalonia, the second in Spain most affected by the pandemic after Madrid, has today decided to close all cafes, bars and restaurants and reduce the capacity of shopping centers to 30% and gyms by 50% to try to contain progress. of the covid-19 epidemic.
The measures in force for at least 15 days also include the suspension of face-to-face classes at universities and the suspension for two weeks of all Catalan, federated, school or private sports competitions.
Italy
Italy today posted a new high of new infections with 7,332 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 372,799 since the pandemic began in the country in February, the Health Ministry announced.
The previous peak of contamination had been on March 21, at that time with 6,557 cases, of which 26,300 tests were carried out that day, although this Wednesday 152,196 tests were carried out.
Of the 7,332 new infections, 1,844 are from Lombardy, the region most affected by the pandemic, followed by Campania (818), Veneto (657) and Tuscany (575).
In the past 24 hours, 43 people have died, increasing the total number of deaths to 36,289 since February.
There are currently 92,445 patients with covid-19 in the country, of which 549 are in intensive care units and 5,470 in hospitals, while the rest are at home, with mild or asymptomatic symptoms.
The Italian government has called for responsibility in recent years and has asked citizens not to stop taking preventive measures to prevent the transmission curve from slipping.
Recently, the Government extended the state of emergency until January 31 to deal with the pandemic, with the approval of urgent decrees such as Tuesday, which provides for the closure before midnight of public establishments such as bars and restaurants, and at 21:00 those who do not have table service, in order to avoid crowds of people drinking in the streets.
Sports games of contact between friends, such as soccer and basketball, as well as private parties in public places and discos, outdoors or indoors, and school excursions are prohibited.
Russia
Russia has registered a second coronavirus vaccine, a preliminary stage in Russia for the final phase of clinical trials, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today, at a time when the country recorded a new record for daily infections.
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The vaccine has a “high enough” level of safety, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister of Health Tatiana Golikova said at the same ceremony.
The vaccine, produced by the Vektor laboratory, will now enter the final phase of clinical trials, which will involve the use of 40,000 volunteers, he added.
Vektor, in the Novossibirsk region, conducted secret research on biological weapons during the Soviet period and has stored samples of viruses ranging from smallpox to Ebola.
Last August, Russia registered its first vaccine against the new coronavirus, created at the Moscow research center in Gamalei, in collaboration with the Russian Defense Ministry.
Named “Sputnik V”, in reference to the Soviet satellite, the vaccine was received with skepticism around the world, mainly because the final phase of the tests had not been developed at the time of the announcement by the Russian authorities.
However, a large part of the Russian political elite ended up being vaccinated, and Putin cited the “exemplary case” of one of his daughters, who was given a dose.
According to Putin, the government hopes to massively develop and distribute the vaccine in the country before the end of the year.
The announcement came on the same day that Russia, which has seen a second wave of the new coronavirus in the country, once again broke the record for new daily cases of covid-19, registering 14,231 infections in the last 24 hours.
On Tuesday, Russia also recorded a 24-hour death record, reaching 244 deaths.
Russian authorities have already assumed that 90% of hospital beds reserved for illnesses are occupied, but said they controlled the situation to avoid new strict containment measures, with devastating effects for an economy that was already in crisis before the pandemic.
The covid-19 pandemic has already caused more than one million eighty-seven thousand deaths and more than 38.2 million cases of contagion worldwide, according to a report prepared by the French agency AFP.
(Article updated at 17:48)
